Port of Antwerp-Bruges figures show 15.9% drop in export of cars, vans, trucks and tractors to US
The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has been turned into a giant car park with thousands of cars, vans, trucks and tractors bound for the US sitting idle as manufacturers try to avert the worst of Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Figures released by the port show a 15.9% drop in the transport of new passenger cars and vans to the US in the first six months of 2025 compared with the same period last year, with a sharp decline emerging in May – one month after the US president announced his “liberation day” tariffs.
Exports of trucks and what they call “high and heavy equipment” is down by almost a third at 31.5%.
like bragging about your secret diet, because you lost 20 kg in a week, by letting your diabetes run out of control and losing a leg.
Problem is the leg is bad, not a single person is willing to diagnose it or do anything about it for fear of getting yelled at or being blamed for it. So technically we haven’t actually lost the leg yet. We’re just dealing with the pain.